El serrano hove, zita raro chairo ndi serrano munyori, irwo rudzi rwemuviri wakareba, kunyangwe rakakora kupfuura iro serranus grouper, Iyo inosiyaniswa, zvakare nemusoro, yakanyanya kunongedzwa, uye nemuswe, yakatemwa kana yakatenderedzwa. Iyo caudal peduncle yehove serrano yakakora nemuromo muhombe uye iyo maxilla inoonekwa, isina zviyero kana supermaxilla.
Iyo preopercle yakanyatso sungwa uye operculum ine matatu akati sandara mawere. Iyo zviyero ivo vane hunhu hudiki, pamutsetse wekutenderera uri pakati pe65 ne75.
La mavara anoita kuti serranid iyi ive mhando isingakanganisike uye pasina mubvunzo akanaka, musana uye chikamu chemafanga acho pingi kana pingi shava, uye ane mishanu uye minomwe yakasviba yakasviba mitsetse, nzvimbo hombe yebhuruu, iyo inova inoonekera zvakanyanya nezera uye saizi yehove, inotora chikamu chemukati iwo mazenga kubva pamberi pechigunwe chepachigunwe, chikamu checudun peduncle uye muswe yero.
Musoro wema serranids iyi ndeyechokwadi labyrinth ye mitsara yebhuruu sinuous chiyeuchidzo chekunyora kwechiArabic. Kunyangwe ichioneka zvine mutsindo, hove iyi yemumakomo haiwanzopfuura iyo 25cm kureba.
Ihove serrano inogara munzvimbo dzakadzika dzisina matombo nenzvimbo dzehuswa dze huswa hwegungwa. Iko kunoratidzika kuve kune bathymetric kusarura ne serranus cabrilla. Kana zvese zvipenyu zvakabatana, kuwanda kweiyo serranus munyori inowanzodzikira nekudzika, nepo iyo yeserranus cabrilla ichiwedzera.
Kusarura uku kunoratidzika kunge kuri nekuda kwekuregererwa nenzvimbo, zvichitarisira kudzikisira kukwikwidza mukati, zvichipiwa kuti kana imwe yemhando mbiri idzi isipo, kana isingawanzoitika, imwe haizadzise mukaha, asi inopa kugovera kwakafanana kwekugezesa.
Iyo serrano ndeye hove dzoga uye dzinogara iyo inodzivirira zvakasimba nzvimbo yayo kune mamwe marudzi. Kufanana nemaserranid mazhinji, muvhimi ane hasha de peces, iyo inovanda yakavharidzirwa pasi, kunyange ichidyawo crustaceans, polychaetes uye mollusks.